fotoguzzi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qKm2FSv_MM

make sure your audio is up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPM_hvkVaF4

Is that muffler from a Hummer?

thats some valet service.

could something be interfering with the throttle linkage rod?

its a '74 LAPD Eldorado.. thats not Greg Fields bike is it?

thats a great price! the manhole cover to the oil filter has some very fine threads, be careful with it.. I never use it but drop the sump instead.. then you can lock the oil filter in with a hose clamp (do a search). mine is an 02 also.. they say the shift return spring can break, I've had no problem for 20k miles but I carry a spare. I think the tanks slides to the rear then up after you take out the bolt, been awhile, anyone else? I put on a Mistral xover to settle the revs at around 3-4k. if it has an Odessey battery that life is true but I might get a new one before a trip. I have the pc545. the oil drain is the smaller of the two bolts in the rear of the pan. your gonna LOVE IT!

cross the Mississippi on the Cassville Ferry!

perfect discription of how my bike ran before the M crossover, a close scrutiny of the TB balance and having the VDST program has pretty much solved it for me.. still hesitates in the morning until the crossover warms up to temp.

I think MGcycle has them.

nice, thx 4 posting!

a mistral x over fixed that exact thing for me.. I'd do that before a pc3.

test your battery too.

in the same area (west Mn) http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/mcy/2414860019.html East Mn, http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/mcy/2420031416.html

that dealer has a pretty good rep..you could buy it and ride to the Guzzi National in Iowa on the way home. Passing thru Minneapolis? look me up. I'd say try getting it for 4500. I have an 02 and carry the spare shift spring but have not needed it yet, 19k+ I don't look at the engine paint..

Try the screw marked green and make sure the bushing marked red hasn't come loose, too loose. hubert nice photo Hubert!

it could have swelled a little, its a cylinder shape so if you pull straight up it will come out. don't pull on wire.

welcome to here.. the photos must not be hosted at that spot anymore.. sorry I can't help with that.. you can get the new shifter spring from MGcycle.com.. It's a known issue with the '02's I carry a spare but have not had the problem yet. another hangout spot is http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=a0f16383e6c428302628a7c7520a41af&board=1.0 I don't recall it being brought up over there but you could post your ? there, that board has more traffic so might answer you quicker.

a Mistral x-over fixed my stumble around that rev range.

another failure to learn from the past.. the first version of the Convert came with a pressed steel plate for a fly wheel, it was about 3 pounds and thin.. the same thing happened to them where they spun the middle right out, the fix was a 15 pound flywheel with starting gear in one piece. this is the thin one I modded to trigger the crank sensor on a EV motor, and here's what the other one looked like,

I can't believe there is any difference like that between the two motors..

the Q doesn't use the 15m cpu?

Yes you should get a Mistral x-over.. it solved a lot of running issues in the 3-4k rev range for me.